Holder for memorial tablets.



L. HOFFMANN.

HOLDER FOR MEMORIAL TABLETS.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.21,1913.

1,090,062. Patented Mar.10,1914.

LOUIS HOFFMANN, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

HOLDER FOR MEMORIAL TABLETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 191 1.

Application filed February 21, 1913. Serial No. 749,870.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs I-IOFFMANN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erieand State of New York, have invented certain. new and usefulImprovements in Holders for Memorial Tablets, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in holders for memorial tablets.

The object of the invention is the provision of a device adapted for useas a holder or support for a marker of this character, which willperform the functions of a comparatively perfect support in a facilemanner, in an efficient and economical way.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partswhereby a solid, substantial support is provided, which may be firmlyand rigidly secured in place, and which will be adapted to hold amemorial tablet securely.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far devised for the practical application of theprinciples of my invention.

Figure 1 is a front View of the support, showing a tablet thereon indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side View of Fig. 1.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention I employ metallic tubes,such as galvanized iron pipe, and provide an easel or A-shaped framehaving the two front legs 1 and 2 and the single rear leg 3 locatedcentrally of the two front legs. The legs are composed of pieces of pipeof suitable length and are connected by the T-coupling 4 to which theshort lengths 5, 5, are coupled. These short lengths 5, 5, form theupper cross bar of the frame, and are connected by the front legs 1 and2 by means of the elbows or angled couplings 6 and 7 The front legs ofthe frame include short lengths of pipe connected by T-couplings 8, 8,and into these couplings a shorter length pipe 9 is secured, at the endof which the elbow 10 is attached. The elbow has a boss 11 upon whichthe ball or sphere 12 is positioned, and these two short lengths 9, 9with their accessories serve to support a tablet,

as 13 indicated in dotted lines Fig. 1 and in full lines Fig. 2. A pairof metallic plates 1 1, perforated at 15, provided with sleeves 16slidable upon the pipes forming the front legs, are furnished to securethe tablet at its upper end. The rear leg 3 also includes a T-coupling,as 17 and from this coupling projects a rear pipe 18 closed at its endby an elbow 19 perforated to receive the stem 20 of a flower cup 21.

From this description taken in connection with the drawings it isevident that I have provided a device of this character which fulfilsthe conditions and purposes set forth as the object of my invention.

It will of course be understood that the parts are all connected bythreaded couplings, and this construction enables the person handlingthe device, to pack the device in small compass by unscrewing the arm 18from the T-coupling 17, and then the rear leg may be swung into linewith the two front legs.

The cup 21 is detachable, and may be removed to replenish the water forflowers contained therein.

The material of which the support is made being of galvanized iron, thesupport is not likely to become disfigured from inclement weather orexposure to atmospheric changes, and withal the invention presents bothan ornamental and useful device for the purpose intended.

Ilaving thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A tablet support comprising in combination, two parallel sectional frontlegs, a sectional rear leg, T couplings joining the sections in pairs,an upper cross bar and elbow couplings connecting the front legsthereto, a forwardly extending tablet supporting bracket secured in eachT coupling of the front legs and provided with upturned ends, andsecuring plates for attachment to a tablet, said plates being slidablyattached to the front legs by means of sleeves.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS I-IOFFMANN.

Witnesses:

THOMAS Tom", L. BRADLEY Donn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C."

